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According to a media report, Nielsen has just informed its clients that getting Portable People Meters (PPMs) has become problematic. As such, reaching its sample targets won't likely happen. A Nielsen spokesperson did not immediately respond to RBR+TVBR's request for comment.

The nation's biggest radio broadcasting company on Wednesday morning released its Q3 results. While the iHeartMedia segment extended its year-over-year revenue growth to 18 consecutive quarters, consolidated revenue decreased 1.9% and operating income slid by 23.7% in the three month period ending Sept. 30.

He's been with iHeartMedia for 14 years and has a 50-year career in broadcasting. Come March 22, it will all come to a conclusion, as the Area President for iHeart in Alabama will enter retirement. He's also a former Entercom, Opus Media Group, and Capitol Broadcasting Co. veteran who once programmed stations in Baltimore and Philadelphia.

In a statement that codifies Entercom Communications' commitment to sports programming, the company that just closed on its merger with CBS Radio has reached a long-term agreement with the Philadelphia Eagles NFL franchise -- keeping it on an FM that's been its radio home since 1992.

The three-way partnership that brings Accuweather content to some of America’s most important and influential radio stations has been extended and also expanded via a new multi-year agreement between AccuWeather, Audacy and United Stations.

The consents are needed to "align certain definitions in the indenture with the corresponding definitions in CBS Radio's credit facility." No problem: CBS Radio received the requisite consents; the consent solicitation expired at 5pm Eastern on Friday.

He joined Cumulus Media in Indianapolis some four years ago and served as one of two Operations Managers for the station group until January 2022. Now, this programming talent, who also served as Program Director for Country WFMS-FM and AC WNTR-FM, is rising to OM of all six stations in the market.

Can't wait for the elimination of the FCC's main studio rule? You're in luck. The end is just days away, the Commission revealed in a brief announcement released Thursday. The rule's demise came at the Commission's October 2017 Open Meeting, despite fiery dissent from the two Democratic Commissioners.

From 1980 through the 1990s, Mason and Sheehan attracted scores of listeners from Saugerties to Saratoga Springs on WPYX-FM "PYX106" in Albany, and later on now-defunct WXCR-FM 102.3. Now, Capitaland is mourning the loss of Bob Mason, who has died at the age of 72.

Tech company Triton Digital and Edison Research announced Monday that the results of the 2018 U.S. Infinite Dial will be broadcast via Facebook Live on Thursday, March 8 at 2pm EST. Infinite Dial studies consumer behaviors related to media and technology in America.

Aptivada no longer exists. A major rebrand has transpired, one that includes an updated name, logo, and branding. The company says it's been done "to demonstrate its evolution and refined mission to help companies collect, enrich, and activate their customers’ first-party data."

A veteran Gotham radio sales executive won't be hearing much from Scotty McCreery around the office anymore. Instead, she'll likely be hearing lots of Shakira and J Balvin. After 5 years as GSM of Cumulus Media's WNSH-FM 94.7 "Nash" in New York, where she built the sales department from scratch, there'll be some español once again in the daily professional life of Maire Mason.

The subsidiary of SiriusXM focused on ad insertion and programmatic audio advertising known as AdsWizz has just signed an exclusive global audio advertising inventory agreement with a 10-year old entity that has carved a niche for itself as a streaming and discovery service in the R&B and Afropop space.

U.S. financial markets experienced a miserable start to March 2018, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 1.7% and Nasdaq was off 1.3%. How did media stocks fare? TEGNA and Salem Media Group were up. Everyone else? Don't ask.

Chris Young, the CFO and Treasurer for the U.S.-based media company that's quickly becoming a digitally focused entity with a global imprint but with roots in Hispanic radio and television, will be participating in a trio of events designed to impress institutions wishing to invest.